Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization

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The Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) is an inter-governmental organization operated as a non-profit independent body with full international legal status. It is headquartered in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Members include agencies from: Bangladesh, China, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand and Turkey. In 2005, the APSCO convention was signed in Beijing. Representatives from Argentina, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia and Sri Lanka also attended the founding ceremony. Its stated objectives include: As of 2010, the organization defined ten projects on designing, building and launching light satellites, middle class satellites weighing 500–600 kg, research satellites, remote-sensing and telecommunications satellites.

Member countries

Countries as full APSCO members

As of October 2024, APSCO has eight countries as full members.

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